Actions from larrylMovable Type Pro 4.382013-03-13T15:17:05Zhttp://blogs.perl.org/mt/mt-cp.fcgi?__mode=feed&_type=actions&blog_id=0&id=2434Commented on The Four Major Problems with CPAN in Brendan Byrdtag:blogs.perl.org,2013:/users/brendan_byrd//1804.4402#4054772013-03-13T15:17:05Zlarryl
@brian d foy said:

> I am constantly and consistently surprised about how many
> people do not first try to work with existing projects.

For me, GitHub has been the single biggest factor in lowering the barriers to entry to making contributions to existing CPAN modules. I find I'm far more likely to contribute changes to an existing module when all I need to do is fork it and send a subsequent pull request. Maybe if more source code was handled via GitHub (or similar mechanism) there might be less of a tendency to reinvent the wheel as opposed to enhancing existing code.